Posterior reconstruction before vesicourethral anastomosis in patients undergoing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy leads to earlier return to baseline continence

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 441-445

  Brien, James C ^a   Barone, Bethany ^a   Fabrizio, Michael ^a   Given, Robert ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SYMPTOM INDEX; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOTICS; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URETHRA SURGERY; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 79952643131     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2010.0251     Document Type: Article

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